I found a dead-on poem posted on a Yahoo bulletin board -- and just have to repost it here. It is very appropriate for this Memorial Day, I think. I can't provide a link to the poster/author, as there was no profile, only anonymous. Guess this person was afraid of the Bush Gestapo, huh?

I went on my bike ride yesterday and this morning, very nice weather here. Not much else to report. DH is home today, and we're going to have a cook-out late this afternoon.

Here's the poem:

Dying for America
By: boot_bush

I am a soldier, and I am dying,
Dying for Haliburtan, Bechtal, and GE.
And here I thought I joined up
To keep the U.S. free.

They say it was about the weapons,
The people and their toil.
I wonder why they sent me to
The Ministry of Oil?

I watched people raid the hospitals,
I watched people take the art,
The military took me to the oil wells
To make sure fires didn't start.

Bagdad has no power,
The water's pretty bad.
But the oil wells will produce,
And Bush is really glad.

They say it was about the weapons,
The people and their toil.
I wonder why they sent me to
The Ministry of Oil?

It seems as though power
Has gone to Bush's head.
Destabilizing the Middle East,
Oh, sorry, "Liberation" is what he said.

Yesterday it was Iraq,
Now Iran is in his sight.
Bush's peace is bringing
The early falling of Night.

They say it was about the weapons,
The people and their toil.
I wonder why they sent me to
The Ministry of Oil?